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Sunan Abi Dawud 4431 (Book 40, Hadith 81) #24722
Stoning as Punishment

SUMMARY: The Prophet (May peace be upon him) commanded to stone Maiz b. Malik, and the people threw stones at him until he died without asking for forgiveness or speaking ill of him.

Abu Sa’id said: When the Prophet (May peace e upon him) commanded to stone Ma’iz b. Malik, we took him out to Baqi. I swear by Allah, we did not tie him, nor did we dig a pit for him. But he was standing before us. The narrator Abu Kamil said: So we threw at him bones, clods of mud and pieces of earthenware. He ran away and we ran after him till he came to a side of the Harrah. He stood there before us and we threw at him big stones of the Harrah until he died. He (the Prophet) did not ask forgiveness for him, nor did he speak ill of him.
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ زُرَيْعٍ - ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ زَكَرِيَّا، - وَهَذَا لَفْظُهُ - عَنْ دَاوُدَ، عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ لَمَّا أَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ بِرَجْمِ مَاعِزِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ خَرَجْنَا بِهِ إِلَى الْبَقِيعِ فَوَاللَّهِ مَا أَوْثَقْنَاهُ وَلاَ حَفَرْنَا لَهُ وَلَكِنَّهُ قَامَ لَنَا ‏.‏ - قَالَ أَبُو كَامِلٍ قَالَ - فَرَمَيْنَاهُ بِالْعِظَامِ وَالْمَدَرِ وَالْخَزَفِ فَاشْتَدَّ وَاشْتَدَدْنَا خَلْفَهُ حَتَّى أَتَى عُرْضَ الْحَرَّةِ فَانْتَصَبَ لَنَا فَرَمَيْنَاهُ بِجَلاَمِيدِ الْحَرَّةِ حَتَّى سَكَتَ - قَالَ - فَمَا اسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُ وَلاَ سَبَّهُ

TOPICS
punishment  *  stones  *  mercy  *  forgiveness  *  iqab  *  hajar  *  rahma  *  afw

QUICK LESSONS:
Show mercy even when meting out justice

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the punishment of stoning someone who has committed a crime. The Prophet Muhammad commanded that Maiz b. Malik be stoned for his crime, and so the people took him out to Baqi and threw stones at him until he died without asking for forgiveness or speaking ill of him. This hadith teaches us that justice must be served in order to maintain order in society, but it also teaches us that mercy should still be shown even when punishing someone for their wrongdoings. We should not take pleasure in punishing others, but rather we should strive to show mercy even when meting out justice.

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